Toy savings bank



Jan. 10, 1933; BRASLER 1,893,726

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ATTORN EY Patented Jan. 10, 1933 PATENT @FFEQE OSCAR H. BRASIER, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON TOY SAVINGS BANK 7 Application filed November 12, 1929. Serial No. 406,579.

This invention relates to toy savings banks and hasfor itsprincipal object to provide a savings bank in which coins of various denominations may be deposited and which 5 has in connection therewith, a moving p cture'mechanism that is released for operation for short interval of time incident to the insertion of each coin.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the above character that is relatively simple in construction of small expense and which providesfor an easy change of the picture reel.

Other objects reside in the various details of construction, and in the combination of parts, and in their mode of operation as W111 hereinafter be described.

In accomplishing these objects, I have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherem- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a savmgs bank embodying mechanism in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken just within one face of the bank, as on the line 12-2 in Figure 4.

Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 33 in Figure 4. 30 Figure 4 is a cross section on line 111 Figure 2.

V Figure 5 is an elevation of the release mechanism. a

Figure 6 is a sectional View of the picture reel.

Figure 7 is a sectional view of an alternative form of picture carrier.

Referring more in detail to the drawings In its preferred form of construction the bank comprises a rectangular housing 1 provided in the top wall with a slot 2 through which coins may be inserted for depositing them within the bank. Within the housing, 2 along one side as shown best in Figure 2, is aclosed compartment 3 into which the coins are delivered through a chute or tube 4 leading thereinto from the slot 2. At the lower end of the compartment is a door 5, normally e0 held closed by a lock mechanism designated at 6, which may be opened for removal of the co1ns.

The picture operating mechanism is contained within that part of the housing not a part of the coin containing compartment 3 and it comprises a picture mounting reel 8 ofaspool-like character, as shown in Figure 6, revolubly mounted on a pin or shaft 9 revolubly supported at its ends within openings, 1010a provided in the opposite side walls of the housing. Mounted on the spool is a series of flexible leaves 12 in overlapped relation-and on each of which is a picture and these pictures are so arranged that when viewed in rapid succession, will produce the desired moving picture effect.

For the purpose of viewing the picture, the bank or housing is provided at the top, or at the side as may be desired, with an opening 13 closely adjacent the picture reel and the reel is covered about one side with an arcuate shield 15, as in Figure 3, which presses the leaves 12 down against the spool; When the spool is rotated in the direction of the arrow adJacent thereto in Figure 3, the leaves 75 successively snap quickly to open position as their free edges are released from beneath the shieldand this leaves the picture of the following leaf exposed to View through the opening 13. so The spool is adapted to be driven by means of a gear 18 fixed to one end, and this gear is driven through a train of clock gears, as presently described, by the action of a coiled spring 20. v I 85 The spring 20, as shown in Figure 2, is

coiled about a shaft 21to which its inner end isfixed, and is fastened at its outer end to a cross shaft22. The shaft 21 extends from the. housing at one end and has a squared g0 portion 23 for receiving a key whereby it is rotated to wind up the coiled spring.

Rotatably mounted on the shaft 21, but adapted to be driven by a connection comprish ing a pawl 24 and ratchet 25, is a large gear 26 which meshes with a relatively small gear '27 on a cross shaft 28. On shaft 28, is a large gear 29 which drives the picture reel or spool by meshing with the gear 18. Gear 29 also meshes with a relatively small gear 30 on a 5; gear 36 fixed on a cross shaft 37 to which a gov-ernor vane 38 is fixed. The several cross shafts are rotatably mounted at their opposite ends in the opposite side walls of the bank or housing, or if desired could be mounted in a frame work separate from the housing 1.

The spool or reel driving mechanism is normally held against operation by a trip or release lever 40, which is pivotally supported from a side wall of the housing by means of a pin or screw 41, see Figures 3 and 5, which has one end disposed against the lower end of the coin delivery chute and is provided adjacent that end with a stop 42 adapted to be engaged by the outer edge of the governor vane 38 to hold the latter against rotation. A coiled spring 44 is attached to the lever and to the housin to yieldably support the lever in this position. At its other end, the lever has a lost motion connection, as

i at 45, with the upper end of a vertical rod 46 that is slidably mounted in bearings 47 and 48 attached to the side wall of the housing so that the lower end of the rod may engage with the periphery of a cam wheel 49 fixed on the hub of gear 26, which operates to reset the trip. The cam, as shown in Figure 5, has four equally spaced rises 49a gradually leading up to a hump 4912, then an abrupt drop 490. A coiled spring 52 bears against the bearing 47 and a shoulder 53 on the rod to urge it downwardly.

Assuming the device to be constructed as described, its operation is as follows: Starting with the parts in a position in which they are shown in Figure 3, a coin dropped into the bank through the slot 2 and chute 4 engages with the outer end of the lever and moves it downwardly a limited distance as determined by the lost motion connection at bet-ween the inner end of the lever and the upper end of the rod 46. This downward movement of the lever is not suficient to release the coin, but moves the lever sufliciently to release the shoulder 42 from the governor vane 38 and thus release the mechanism for operation; the spring 20 operating through the train of gears 26, 27, 29 and 18 to rotate the spool 8 and thereby to bring the pictures rapidly and successively into position beneath the opening 13 to produce the moving picture effect. As the gear 26 rotates, it likewise rotates the cam 49 and this causes the rod 46 to be moved upwardly in accordance with the rise of the cam. As the hump 49?) passes beneath the lower end of the rod 46,

the rod is pushed upwardly, and by contact with the short end of the lever 40 causes its outer end to be swung downwardly to release the coin so that the latter will drop into the compartment 3. The end of the rod 46 then drops off the hump of the cam and thus releases the lever 40 so that it may be pulled upwardly against the end of the coin chute. As it swings back to this position, the governor vane 38 engages the shoulder 42 and the operation of the machine is checked.

A longer period of exposure of the picture would be provided by reducing the number of sections on the cam 49.

In Figure 7, I have illustrated an alternative picture carrier in the nature of a belt on which the pictures 12 are attached and which extends about the upper and lower spools 8a and 8b. This construction would provide for a more extended picture and would be operated substantially in the same way as the device of Figure 6.

It is quite apparent that various details of construction might be changed without departing from the spirit of the invention, and for this reason, it is not desired that the claims be limited only to the details herein shown, but that they broadly cover the construction commensurate with the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a housing having a coin delivery chute, of a spring motor mechanism within the housing having a main drive shaft with mechanism operatively connected thereto and adapted to be driven thereby, a yieldably supported lever normally engaging the mechanism to retain it inactive; said lever being disposed in position to be engaged and initially moved by a coin delivery into the chute to thereby release the motor for operation, a cam on the drive shaft having a gradual rise and an abrupt drop, a member separate from the lever and arranged to be moved outwardly by the cam to give the lever a secondary movement to release the coin therefrom then to move inwardly over said drop to release the lever for return movement and yieldable means for returning the lever to initial position.

2. The combination with a housing having a coin receiving chute, of a spring motor mounted within the housing and comprising a main drive shaft and a driven shaft operatively connected thereto, a pivotally mounted release and stop lever for the motor having an end portion extended beneath the coin chute for engagement and actuation by coins delivered into the chute to initially move the lever to release the motor for operation, a cam mounted on the drive shaft, a push rod adapted to be actuated by the cam to give the lever a secondary movement to release the coin from the chute, a spring connected with the lever for returning it to initial position after the coin is released to thereby stop the motor.

3. A device, as in claim 2, wherein the push rod has a lost motion connection with the lever, permitting the initial movement of the lever for starting the motor.

4. A device, as in claim 2, wherein the motor mechanism comprises a revolving gov ernor and said stop and release lever has a shoulder adapted to engage with the governor to stop the motor.

5. In combination with a housing having a coin receiving chute, a spring motor within the housing comprising a drive shaft, a driven shaft and a governor mechanism including a revolving member, a release and stop lever pivotally supported in the housing having a shoulder thereon for engaging the governor to stop the motor; said lever being extended beneath the coin chute to be engaged and moved by coins delivered into the chute to release the shoulder from the governor for starting the motor, a cam on the driven shaft, a push rod engaging the cam and a lost motion connection between the push rod and lever providing after a predetermined movement of the motor to actuate the lever to release the coin from the chute and a spring attached to the lever for returning it to initial position after the coin is released to thereby stop the motor.

Signed at Tacoma, Washington, this 31st day of October 1929.

OSCAR H. BRASIER. 

